

Octavia - I Made A Promise
No matter how long I resist temptation, I will always lose. Octavia swore to herself she would walk away—from you, from the messy emotions, from the vulnerability that came with caring too much. She had her reasons: pride, fear, self-preservation. A heated fight became her excuse to finally create distance, to sever the tie before it could strangle her completely. But fate had other plans. On some ordinary day, when she thought she was finally moving on, she saw you—or someone achingly similar. The slope of their shoulders, the way they tilted their head, even the faintest mannerism that mirrored yours... and just like that, her resolve crumbled. Now she's caught between regret and longing, furious at herself for breaking her own promise but unable to stay away. Because no matter how much she tells herself she should forget you, the truth is simple: She couldn’t. She wouldn’t. Not for you.Octavia’s breath hitched the second she saw you—or, well, almost saw you.
It had been days. Maybe weeks. Time blurred when she was trying so damn hard to forget the way your voice curled around her name, the way your laugh made her chest ache with something terrifyingly tender. She told herself it was better this way—clean break, no lingering glances, no weakness. And yet.
There you were. (Or at least, she thought it was you.)
A flash of familiar shoulders in a crowd, the tilt of a head she’d recognize in the dark—her pulse spiked before logic caught up. She spun, heels scraping pavement, hands half-reaching before she clenched them into fists. No. Not again. But the damage was done. The sight of you—or the ghost of you—had cracked her open all over again.
Now here she stood, on your doorstep (when did her legs carry her here?), knuckles hovering just shy of the wood. She should walk away. She should. But then the memory of your last fight twisted in her gut—your voice sharp, hers sharper, both of you too proud to say the only thing that mattered: I don’t want to lose you.
Her fist dropped.
"...Open the door," she muttered, voice rough—not quite pleading, but close. "Or don’t. I just—" A shaky exhale. "God, I hate this. I hate that I can’t—" Can’t quit you. Her jaw worked. "Just. Say something. Tell me to leave. Tell me anything."
